Kelly Beck
@kellylbeck.bsky.social
Romance author | former journalist | current stay-at-home mom
Rep'd: Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
Rep'd: Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
@charmstrong.bsky.social
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@charmstrong.bsky.social
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
That one time I wrote a really unserious book that started as a complete joke to pitch to my agent, and then everyone loved it and said it was my best yet and I had a whole identity crisis.....
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That one time I wrote a really unserious book that started as a complete joke to pitch to my agent, and then everyone loved it and said it was my best yet and I had a whole identity crisis.....
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
Thank you SO SO SO SO much for all the support of my silly little bonnie and clyde romcom yesterday for #questpit! I love this book and these characters so much, and it's so encouraging to see others love it, too.
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thank you SO SO SO SO much for all the support of my silly little bonnie and clyde romcom yesterday for #questpit! I love this book and these characters so much, and it's so encouraging to see others love it, too.
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
👧She's just a girl ((who robbed a bank))
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
👧She's just a girl ((who robbed a bank))
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie!
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie!
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
#authorsandwriters
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
August 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#authorsandwriters
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
Step 1: rob a bank
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Step 1: rob a bank
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Spot the difference---I'll give you a hint.
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
July 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spot the difference---I'll give you a hint.
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
A Dolly Parton wannabe walks into a bank and robs & kidnaps her ex-boyfriend...wait, what's the punchline again?
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
July 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A Dolly Parton wannabe walks into a bank and robs & kidnaps her ex-boyfriend...wait, what's the punchline again?
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you're interested in the "UNHINGED ROMANCE WITH A PET POSSUM" book--
Meet Stella, a disaster in bedazzled cowboy boots, & Max, her straight-laced ex who never got over her despite her uhinged revelry
(PS: the pet possum is named Franklin, he rides in a backpack, & he smells like popcorn).
Meet Stella, a disaster in bedazzled cowboy boots, & Max, her straight-laced ex who never got over her despite her uhinged revelry
(PS: the pet possum is named Franklin, he rides in a backpack, & he smells like popcorn).
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you're interested in the "UNHINGED ROMANCE WITH A PET POSSUM" book--
Meet Stella, a disaster in bedazzled cowboy boots, & Max, her straight-laced ex who never got over her despite her uhinged revelry
(PS: the pet possum is named Franklin, he rides in a backpack, & he smells like popcorn).
Meet Stella, a disaster in bedazzled cowboy boots, & Max, her straight-laced ex who never got over her despite her uhinged revelry
(PS: the pet possum is named Franklin, he rides in a backpack, & he smells like popcorn).
if any #editors are looking:
NRTMN is a women's fiction novel with a heavy romance plotline about a tortured artist called home to care for her sick grandmother, and face the demons of her past (aka the man who broke her heart, and the best friend who abandoned her)
NRTMN is a women's fiction novel with a heavy romance plotline about a tortured artist called home to care for her sick grandmother, and face the demons of her past (aka the man who broke her heart, and the best friend who abandoned her)
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
if any #editors are looking:
NRTMN is a women's fiction novel with a heavy romance plotline about a tortured artist called home to care for her sick grandmother, and face the demons of her past (aka the man who broke her heart, and the best friend who abandoned her)
NRTMN is a women's fiction novel with a heavy romance plotline about a tortured artist called home to care for her sick grandmother, and face the demons of her past (aka the man who broke her heart, and the best friend who abandoned her)
A little bit of ✨news✨
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A little bit of ✨news✨
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
When Mel gets called home, she’s prepared to deal with her grandmother’s attitude & meddling—including her jabs about Mel’s disappearance 10 years ago. What she doesn’t expect is a reunion with the people responsible for the betrayal that chased her away
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
May 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When Mel gets called home, she’s prepared to deal with her grandmother’s attitude & meddling—including her jabs about Mel’s disappearance 10 years ago. What she doesn’t expect is a reunion with the people responsible for the betrayal that chased her away
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Not to brag, but I just hit 25k on this baby filled with:
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not to brag, but I just hit 25k on this baby filled with:
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
May 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
work hard and earn money the right way? ❌
Impulsively rob a bank, kidnap your stick-in-the-mud ex-boyfriend & force him on your hare-brained escape to Mexico? ✅
Trope map for my new romcom, STEAL IT WITH A KISS
#writingcommunity #editors
Impulsively rob a bank, kidnap your stick-in-the-mud ex-boyfriend & force him on your hare-brained escape to Mexico? ✅
Trope map for my new romcom, STEAL IT WITH A KISS
#writingcommunity #editors
May 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
work hard and earn money the right way? ❌
Impulsively rob a bank, kidnap your stick-in-the-mud ex-boyfriend & force him on your hare-brained escape to Mexico? ✅
Trope map for my new romcom, STEAL IT WITH A KISS
#writingcommunity #editors
Impulsively rob a bank, kidnap your stick-in-the-mud ex-boyfriend & force him on your hare-brained escape to Mexico? ✅
Trope map for my new romcom, STEAL IT WITH A KISS
#writingcommunity #editors
Oh look! A new little checkmark. 13k for this chaotic mess.
Account-a-billa-buddy.
#booksky #writingcommunity #authorsandwriters
Account-a-billa-buddy.
#booksky #writingcommunity #authorsandwriters
May 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Oh look! A new little checkmark. 13k for this chaotic mess.
Account-a-billa-buddy.
#booksky #writingcommunity #authorsandwriters
Account-a-billa-buddy.
#booksky #writingcommunity #authorsandwriters
Accountability.
when a trailer park beauty queen impulsively robs a bank to pay for her grandmother’s debts, she doesn’t expect the teller to be her straight-laced ex. Determined to stay incognito, she kidnaps him & forces him along her hair-brained escape.
#writingcommunity
when a trailer park beauty queen impulsively robs a bank to pay for her grandmother’s debts, she doesn’t expect the teller to be her straight-laced ex. Determined to stay incognito, she kidnaps him & forces him along her hair-brained escape.
#writingcommunity
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Accountability.
when a trailer park beauty queen impulsively robs a bank to pay for her grandmother’s debts, she doesn’t expect the teller to be her straight-laced ex. Determined to stay incognito, she kidnaps him & forces him along her hair-brained escape.
#writingcommunity
when a trailer park beauty queen impulsively robs a bank to pay for her grandmother’s debts, she doesn’t expect the teller to be her straight-laced ex. Determined to stay incognito, she kidnaps him & forces him along her hair-brained escape.
#writingcommunity
Hey, K, how's the writing and researching for your WIP about a disaster of a woman who robs a bank and her straight-laced ex-boyfriend she drags along the way?
Me: 🤠 great!
Today's research:
Me: 🤠 great!
Today's research:
May 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hey, K, how's the writing and researching for your WIP about a disaster of a woman who robs a bank and her straight-laced ex-boyfriend she drags along the way?
Me: 🤠 great!
Today's research:
Me: 🤠 great!
Today's research:
Bringing this trend over here:
If my characters Mel and Logan from NOT READY TO MAKE NICE were in another life
#writingcommunity #booksky #editors
If my characters Mel and Logan from NOT READY TO MAKE NICE were in another life
#writingcommunity #booksky #editors
April 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bringing this trend over here:
If my characters Mel and Logan from NOT READY TO MAKE NICE were in another life
#writingcommunity #booksky #editors
If my characters Mel and Logan from NOT READY TO MAKE NICE were in another life
#writingcommunity #booksky #editors